EPISODE 71; EXCERPT (K)
Violet who was just about to enter her room stopped and slowly turned. She strolled back to him and shook her head. “You can stop the jokes now,” she said and chuckled.
He strolled to her and covered the remaining space between them then slipped his hands into hers. “Look into my eyes baby and you will see that I’m not joking. I’m telling you nothing but the truth.”
“Am I supposed to be happy about that? Am I supposed to be rejoicing? Like why the hell didn’t you speak all this while!”
“I couldn’t! I just couldn’t! I used to think of myself as not your spec. I used to think myself not worthy of you. All the guys you dated were so handsome and wealthier than me and it left me with the feeling that you will throw my words away. And you know how much I despise rejection. Since…,”
“Since you drowned yourself in alcohol and ended up hitting a young boy on your way home just because you were rejected by a girl you loved so much and thought she did too” she completed the memory so fresh in her head that it felt like it all happened just yesterday. But it will be shocking to know that it happened five years ago.
“That act of hers threw my self-esteem down the drain and left me so afraid of even the slightest things” he mumbled and lowered his head.
“But I wasn’t going to reject you. All you had to do was say the word. It’s just so funny to know that my all-time crush never confessed his feelings to me just because he felt that he wasn’t worthy of me and also cause he felt I’ll reject him when I wouldn’t have.”
“How would I have known that you won’t reject me? How would I have known?” He groaned and tried to touch her face after releasing her hands but just like before she drifted away from his reach.
“I showed you signs, Michael! I fucking did! I allowed you to see my nakedness! I always cooked for you! I was always around you! I followed you almost everywhere! I washed all your clothes no matter how big they were so happily. I even offered you my body out of the love I had for you but you blatantly rejected me with the silly excuse that you take me as a close friend and that friends ain’t supposed to do that. What did you think all that was for?”
“Did something cut your tongue?” She asked when he won’t say anything.
“I’m sorry I didn’t notice then baby. But I do now and I feel it’s not too late for us to be together so will you be my woman?”
“No” she responded and walked into her room.
“We should grab her now” a masked male standing at a window just a few feet away from where Michael stood mumbled and passed his tongue over his lips.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!
“Nope, not now. We will be attacking some other time. As for now, we have to retreat” a male who was clearly the leader due to how he spoke with authority declared.
“But why?” The first male argued. “She’s vulnerable right now and that’s a great advantage for us. I can just take out that guy from here with my silencer while you both take out the girl. It’s a good idea boss.”
“I give the commands here not you! I have spoken on what we are to do and my word is final! Let’s go!’
He walked out with the other guy abandoning the first guy who shook his head stubbornly refusing to go.
“I’ll do this bullshit alone and take all the profits” he groaned and cocked his gun to shoot Michael who was still standing at that same spot but abruptly dropped to the ground in the pool of his blood and breathed his last.
“Pick up the carcass and drop it inside the boot. We will be discarding it on our way home. Let’s go.”
The guy did all his boss commanded without asking questions and they zoomed off.
Violet’s answer seized a deep twist on Michael who still stood at that spot in body but lost in the soul. His mind roamed through several reasons that will make her say that and yet came out with nothing.
He slowly got back himself and damning the consequences stomped into her room without knocking.
His heart somersaulted at the sight before him and he turned around immediately. “I’m sorry for barging in on you. I never knew you were…,” he swallowed the rest of the words.
“For a doctor who has seen so many pussies including mine I never expected that reaction from you” she whispered and smirked at him not minding that he has his back to her.
“I see so many pussies cause it’s my profession not because I want to so please dress up. I’m waiting.”
“I’ve already done that. You can turn now virgin Michael.”
“Don’t be a dickhead” he mumbled and turned. “Better than nothing” he added beholding that she was just in a bikini.
“So why are you here? Oh, you came to answer my question?”
“I came to know why you gave me that response.”
“What response?” She asked pretending not to know what he was talking about.
“You know what I’m talking about Violet. Drop the pretense and tell me why you said what you said.”
“I chose to Michael. There’s no special reason. Can you answer my question now?”
“But you just said earlier that you love me. How then can you love me and still reject my proposal or was it all a joke?”
“Nothing was a joke buddy. I love you with every part of me. It’s just like a burning fire that never goes off in me. To be honest, I’ve never loved a guy the way I love you before and I don’t think I can ever love another guy the way I love you.”
“Why then did you reject my proposal? Like, I don’t just understand.”
“I’m tired of this conversation. Let’s continue it some other time. Can you please answer my question now?”
“You still have six months and a few weeks to go. And since you’ve decided to keep the baby in exchange for your life there’s something else we have to talk about. It’s so crucial.”